A shot you don't see very often, the kill shot
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This is a very common shot in snooker, because the tables are bigger, drift is worse because of the nap of the cloth. It keeps the cueball on line better, without letting the cueball go.
The different terms in England interest me. The bridge is called a rest isn't it? Pocketing a ball is called potting a ball. A draw shot is called a screw shot.
There may be some more I'm not aware of.
I love that shot, Its my absolute favorite shot, and its perhaps my strongest shot of difficult shots. Its taken me years of practice to get a good feel for it, but I can hit good and kill my rock real good. I practice it often to just see how much I can kill the CB, its amazing just how much you can kill the rock when you hit it just right, I picked up on it watching Efren years ago.
I was playing Ming Ng one night and killed the rock of the 7 to get perfect on the 8, Jay Helfert and Ming saw it, It was the best shot I ever hit playing in my life. I havent been able to do it again since. I dont know how to put up a pic of it but if I did most people wouldnt believe it, had I not shot it I wouldnt believe it. It had just the right amount of equal and opposing forces on the CB to stone cold kill it. I had 2 witnesses and myself. I have shot it probably 100 times since and didnt get close to killing it like I did playing Ming. Every dog has his day i suppose. Man what a shot. Feels good just thinking about it.
I like to kill the rock on a spot shot, not masse'ing into it, I saw Mike Deschaine almost stick the rock doing it like that(masse') one time. I like putting a kill stroke on it, my best is leaving the CB 4 and 2/3 balls distance from the end rail on a spot shot on worn out 860, the pockets were HUGE over 5" so I could hit the OB real full and cut it into the side of the pocket-cheating the pocket(something I miss on newer tables with 4 5/8" pockets). I like to shoot into the side of a big pocket with a kill stroke it makes pool more fun than tight pockets IMO, except for one pocket then small holes are better, On a Diamond table I can kill the CB on a spot shot and stop the CB 3 to 3 1/2 balls from the back rail depending on conditions(wet/dry/old or new cloth). Its fun to try test the limits of physics with kill shots.
Did I mention I like Kill shots.
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I was playing Ming Ng one night and killed the rock of the 7 to get perfect on the 8, Jay Helfert and Ming saw it, It was the best shot I ever hit playing in my life. I havent been able to do it again since. I dont know how to put up a pic of it but if I did most people wouldnt believe it, had I not shot it I wouldnt believe it. It had just the right amount of equal and opposing forces on the CB to stone cold kill it. I had 2 witnesses and myself. I have shot it probably 100 times since and didnt get close to killing it like I did playing Ming. Every dog has his day i suppose. Man what a shot. Feels good just thinking about it.
I like to kill the rock on a spot shot, not masse'ing into it, I saw Mike Deschaine almost stick the rock doing it like that(masse') one time. I like putting a kill stroke on it, my best is leaving the CB 4 and 2/3 balls distance from the end rail on a spot shot on worn out 860, the pockets were HUGE over 5" so I could hit the OB real full and cut it into the side of the pocket-cheating the pocket(something I miss on newer tables with 4 5/8" pockets). I like to shoot into the side of a big pocket with a kill stroke it makes pool more fun than tight pockets IMO, except for one pocket then small holes are better, On a Diamond table I can kill the CB on a spot shot and stop the CB 3 to 3 1/2 balls from the back rail depending on conditions(wet/dry/old or new cloth). Its fun to try test the limits of physics with kill shots.
Did I mention I like Kill shots.
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Kill?
Yes, great shot! Is it the same as a stun shot? Just called killing the speed? My favorite is the spot shot where the cue never hits a rail. That's killing some speed!
Yes, great shot! Is it the same as a stun shot? Just called killing the speed? My favorite is the spot shot where the cue never hits a rail. That's killing some speed!
Just a little inside dig...cheat the hole a bit ect.
It's just a stall ball that gives up on the ob.
Aint complicated...but pace, stroke, speed ect comes into play...all that comes down to the player.
Anyone hitting em good can hit this one.
Hell,if I can we all can lol
It's just a stall ball that gives up on the ob.
Aint complicated...but pace, stroke, speed ect comes into play...all that comes down to the player.
Anyone hitting em good can hit this one.
Hell,if I can we all can lol
Not to hijack or change the subject totally here, but at 17:53 watch as Sigel uses the rake. Notice that he uses the rake as a righty, but plays lefty. I've never noticed that before.
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The back spin runs out immediately before contacting the object ball. Practice it with a measles cue ball... or a striped ball for the CB.
Only if you really think you are a Llama :grin:!!!
Maniac (uses the kill shot when necessary)
This shot was one of those "Eureka" moments very early into my serious student of pool stage. I dont recall ever paying close enough attention to see it executed (that I was aware of) prior to one night at pool league.
I was playing on what I thought was the fastest cloth I'd ever played on. I stupidly popped up after the stroke to see the cue ball drastically slow as the backspin ceased, and then release very slowly into the object ball. I immediately did it again, over and over. EUREKA!
I use this shot very, very frequently, moreso for safeties, than for offensive position. I also use it during warm-up to gauge the speed of the cloth.
I was playing on what I thought was the fastest cloth I'd ever played on. I stupidly popped up after the stroke to see the cue ball drastically slow as the backspin ceased, and then release very slowly into the object ball. I immediately did it again, over and over. EUREKA!
I use this shot very, very frequently, moreso for safeties, than for offensive position. I also use it during warm-up to gauge the speed of the cloth.
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What a Drag
I always called it a drag shot and use it mostly to prevent roll off on a table that needs to be leveled or has funky napped cloth. Cool tool to have.
I always called it a drag shot and use it mostly to prevent roll off on a table that needs to be leveled or has funky napped cloth. Cool tool to have.
It's also referred to as the low follow shot. It allows you to hit the cue ball harder when you don't want to slow roll it for whatever reason, such as distance between the CB and OB, minimize potential roll off or to ensure the OB makes it to the pocket.
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A stroke is called a cue action :grin: